Food Storage

2017 Oxo Glass Cube, Baby Food Storage: Lead and Cadmium Free in all components.

These are so cool! I really love the glass food storage with the snap lids with silicone sealing bands. I think they are a terrific product type (as long as the writing on the exterior of the jar is not painted with Lead paint… as is the case with these!) I wish they had these…

#LeadFree: SnapWare Glass Storage

SnapWare Glass Storage: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg! To see this exact product online click here!* The exact one tested is pictured below. For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here! Learn more about XRF Testing here. Please consider contributing in support of my consumer goods testing & childhood lead…

#LeadFree: SnapWare Plastic Storage

SnapWare Plastic Storage: Lead Free (NonDetect/ ND for Pb). Also ND for As, Cd & Hg! To see a similar product online click here!* The exact one tested is pictured below. For more #SaferChoices for your family, click here! Learn more about XRF Testing here. Please consider contributing in support of my consumer goods testing & childhood lead…

How worn is your vintage Pyrex? Even with very worn paint, this piece is still positive for a high level of Lead (Pb) at 23,000 ppm.

Above is a reddish orange vintage Pyrex refrigerator dish with most of the paint worn off. When tested with an XRF instrument, this piece had the following reading for Lead: Lead (Pb): 23,000 ppm. This is a great example of how the colors on these pieces wear. The question is… where does that Leaded color…

Red vintage Pyrex refrigerator dish: 53,900 ppm Lead. [90 ppm Lead is unsafe for kids.]

Small vintage / antique red Pyrex dish • 53,900 ppm lead The current federal hazard level for an item intended for children [The level at which an item is considered unsafe] is 90 ppm lead and higher. Not 900. Not 9,000. Definitely not 53,900. Given the amount of wear on the coating on vintage dishware…